Presently Nigeria is witnessing Economic recession. The recessions have virtually taken a hold on every institution of the country to make meaningful development, alleviate peoples suffering and especially decrease in household income. One of the many effects of the recession is the increase in female prostitution. Although female prostitution has been a long age activity, it presence and activity have increased presently in the Nigerian Universities. Female prostitution is a process of trading sex for commercial purposes and gains. Female prostitution have recently taken a new dimension considering the age of female who partake in it, the client-patronage organized system and increase in the number of girls who engage in it. The study examined the extent to which recession has impacted adversely on female students in Nigerian Universities. It argued that the level of female prostitution have increased in the Nigerian universities. It holds a correlation between economic recession and the level of female prostitution in Nigerian universities. The study found that the use of social media, organized sex ring and third party arrangement was the methods adopted by female in prostitution and that the level of prostitution is high and serving as a coping strategy for many females in Nigerian universities. Several literatures were reviewed and also data were sourced using primary sources.
Commercialsex, economic recession, prostitution
